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29 | Unleashing Your Brilliance with Clarissa Rodriguez of She Rocks at College

She's So Lucky

She's So Lucky

Balancedblackgirl, Self-improvement, #Shessolucky, Balancedles, Business, Entrepreneurship, Lesalfred, Education

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Today, we’re talking to Clarissa Rodriguez, founder of She Rocks at College. Clarissa is a college study skills expert, Part-time Labor and Delivery Nurse and proud AfroLatina who helps college women earn better grades and minimize the stress and overwhelm that comes with being a busy, working college student.

 

Clarissa is a first generation Dominican-American and was a first generation college student who started her schooling with dreams of working in medicine. After her college career got off to a discouraging start that made her question whether she could make it in the medical field, Clarissa dedicated herself to learning valuable study techniques and strategies that often aren’t taught to students from marginalized backgrounds. In addition to balancing her nursing career, she teaches women how to understand and unleash their brilliance in the classroom and beyond.

We had an insightful, inspiring conversation about the reality of being a first-generation college student, and how nontraditional students can thrive.

In this episode, we talk about…

  • Life as a first-generation college student and first-generation American.
  • Balancing dual identities as an AfroLatina.
  • How to succeed in higher education as a nontraditional student.
  • The importance of representation in the medical field.

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0:00.0

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0:44.2

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0:55.0

Welcome to the Balance Black Girl Podcast. We're putting Black Girl Magic in motion. This show is dedicated to reinventing wellness

1:06.7

for women of color. I'm your host, Lestrandra Alfred.

1:11.1

Thank you so much for joining me for this week's episode of the

1:14.3

balanced black girl podcast. If it is your first time tuning in, welcome to the

1:19.3

show. Thank you so much for listening and if you are a returning listener thank you so much for listening and if you are a returning listener thank you so much

1:24.4

for returning and tuning in again I appreciate you so much. Before we dive

1:32.1

into the interview I want to get into the review of the week.

1:37.0

So this week's review says,

1:40.0

Amazing and inspirational.

1:42.0

The first podcast I listened to was Feel Good Friday number 11 discussing having a positive

1:47.5

self-talk.

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